Flowering Plant Famalies Of Southern Africa

Flowering plant families of the world is the successor to Flowering plants of the world (1978).

Provides a basic introduction to twenty five commonly occurring families of flowering plants, chosen for their economic, ornamental and ecological importance. It is designed to enable students of botany and related disciplines to gain some knowledge of the general characteristics of each family and also the relationships between them. An introductory section provides basic botanical information which is often assumed to be known and which is essential for a proper consideration of the families themselves. These are described in the second section of the book. For each family, information on its distribution, classification, general features and economic importance precedes a detailed description of a typical representative species. For the larger or more varied families several representative species are included. The text is illustrated throughout with clear and accurate line diagrams and accompanied by an exhaustive glossary.

This gardening book examines more than 300 flowering plant families, and includes a superb series of accurate, specially commissioned photographs. It covers all the dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous families of the world, which are introduced by general notes, classification and a lengthy glossary, individual entries are by family with notes on distribution, diagnostic features, classification and economic uses.